Canada - Non-Resident Company Formation

The provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec allow non-Canadian residents to incorporate companies.

After incorporation, your company may register as an Extra-Provincial Corporation in the other provinces that have Canadian-resident requirements. This then allows your company to conduct business in these provinces.

Canada Non-Resident Company Formation Package

Our provincial incorporation package includes:

Provincial Name Search Report of your proposed corporate name

Preparation and filing of Certificate of Incorporation and Articles of Incorporation

Provincial Government filing Fee

Electronic filing the incorporation documents

Minute Book with Registers & Ledgers

Shares Certificates

Shareholder ledgers for each shareholder

Preparation of Corporate By-Laws which sets out the organisation of the Corporation

Preparation of the Register of Directors, Register of Shareholders, Register of Officers and the Stock Transfer Register

Preparation of Organisational Minutes - covering the election of directors and officers, issuing shares, the form of share certificates and fixing the number of directors

Delivery of documents by FedEx / DHL courier

additional services:

Canadian Telephone redirected worldwide answering service

International mail forwarding service

Assistance opening a Canadian Bank Account

Extra-Provincial Corporation registration

Canada Non-Resident Company Directors

Only one director required

There are no Canadian residency requirements for directors

Canada Non-Resident Company Officers

Must appoint a President and a Secretary

One person can hold several positions (i.e. be the President, Secretary and the Treasurer)

There are no Canadian residency requirement for officers

Canada Company Share Capital

Your company's minimum authorised share capital is CA$1.

Canada Registered Agent & Registered Office

Your company requires a registered office, which will be the official address used by all the relevant government authorities. You will need an address in Canada that is either a commercial or residential address.

We can act as your registered agent and provide a registered office in British Columbia.

All relevant government and commercial documents will be sent to the registered office address.

Incorporating a Company in Canada as a Non-Resident

First, choose which province you would like to incorporate in

As a non-resident of Canada we can incorporate your company in

Choose a proposed name for your company

Your company's name should end with Corporation, Incorporated, Limited, Limitée, Corp., Inc., Ltd. or Ltée.

Your company's name must be in English, French or have a version in both.

You may choose to be issued a number, instead of a name, as the company's legal name, known as a Numbered Corporation.

Shareholders of your company

Every company can have between 1 and 50 shareholders

Documents and Information

To begin incorporating your Non-Resident Canada Company, we will require:

The proposed name of your company

Names and addresses of director(s) and officer(s)

The total cost of incorporating your Non-Resident Canada Company is £2500. This fee includes the Registered Offices fees for the first year.